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Our Schools Blog brings you the latest insights and developments from the education industry. As well as expert analysis and advice, you’ll also find product demos and developments from our team. From the latest recruitment trends to staff training and retention, here you’ll find a range of useful information to help make your job easier.
Unlocking career opportunities with an MA in education
If you’re considering an MA in education, either as a recent undergraduate or an educator with some years of experience, you’ll want to know whether the course is worth the investment.
The best online programmes for Master’s in education will not only give you a deep understanding of the latest developments in teaching theory and practice, they’ll also have a positive impact on your career prospects.
Whether you work as a teacher or in a wider educational role outside the classroom, in this blog you'll discover how an MA in education could help you.
The best online programmes for Master’s in education will not only give you a deep understanding of the latest developments in teaching theory and practice, they’ll also have a positive impact on your career prospects.
Whether you work as a teacher or in a wider educational role outside the classroom, in this blog you'll discover how an MA in education could help you.
Tes Institute partners with Nguyen Sieu Bilingual School
We’re proud to be partnering with Nguyen Sieu School to provide our International Postgraduate Certificate in Education (iPGCE) to teachers in Vietnam returning from the UK, America and Australia who wish to enter into the teaching profession.
Become a qualified teacher anywhere in the world with iQTS
We’re excited to be launching a new route to becoming a qualified teacher for teaching staff living and working outside the UK. Our International Qualified Teacher Status (iQTS) course offers a flexible and accessible way for learners from anywhere in the world to gain English qualified teacher status (QTS) backed by the UK government's Department for Education (DfE).
How to become an SEN teacher
If you want to become a special needs teacher at an SEN or SEND school, you’re probably already aware of how rewarding an experience it can be. There are challenges, of course, but the teaching experiences can be some of the most memorable and gratifying.
Straight to Teaching: a graduate’s story
Our QTS preparation course Straight to Teaching helps school staff to become qualified teachers while they continue to work in their current school. We caught up with Straight to Teaching graduate, Shereen Proctor of Bluebell School, to find out about her experience.
Ofsted endorses Tes Institute’s Level 3 TA apprenticeship
Our apprenticeship programme has been commended by Ofsted inspectors following an initial monitoring visit.
How to approach your headteacher about Straight to Teaching
Over 2,000 teaching professionals have followed our Straight to Teaching route to becoming qualified teachers.
Global teacher shortage: the rise in job vacancies
The global teacher shortage is a crisis that needs addressing urgently and demonstrates the necessity for schools to support, train and retain the talented staff already in their school community. Here’s how we can help.
Tes Safeguarding: 1.2 million courses taken in 2022
We’re supporting schools to achieve their number one priority: to keep all their students safe, with unlimited, whole-school access to all the safeguarding training they need.
3 key benefits of using our safeguarding training
Not all training providers are the same. Your school will get more than just training when you subscribe to our online safeguarding training package, Tes Safeguarding. Here are three of the key benefits.
An apprentice’s experience with Tes Institute
It’s Wednesday 8 February, which means it’s Apprentice Wednesday! To celebrate, two of our apprentices have shared their stories and explained how their apprenticeships have helped them to develop, shape and progress in their careers in education.
3 training scenarios where teaching apprenticeships fit
In a time of teacher shortages, pay disputes and increasing wellbeing issues, it’s vital for school leaders to consider all the options available to support, develop and retain existing school staff. Here we look at how apprenticeships can help.
Straight to teaching in an SEND setting
In 2022, Tes Institute hit a major milestone in supporting over 3,000 teachers to gain qualified teacher status (QTS). We caught up with, Straight to Teaching graduate, Lauren Allcock, and her Deputy Headteacher, Jennifer Newton, to find out about their experience.
Become a registered teacher in Hong Kong with our iPGCE
Our iPGCE has been recognised by the EDB and will pass qualification assessment by the HKCAAVQ.